Roots
~Past~ Growing up in a small community meant a lot of things. You know everyone, your related to half of them, and you’re considered “Hicks”. But it also meant that my parents raised us kids how they were raised, in the woods. My parents were big hunters when they were growing up. Every year getting their stands up and gear together to freeze their butts off in a tree. Many times my parents would take me out to go “hunting”. This meant we were sitting in a lawn chair or on the ground and I was constantly moving because I was little and couldn’t sit still. I would get so excited when someone shot a deer. I would hold on to the antlers and poke their tongue thinking it was the coolest thing ever. I was raised in the woods, covered in orange, hoping for a deer. ~Present~ Recently my parents bought 120 acres of land. But it came 40 acres at a time. That land has brought us so close as a family. Our FFF (Forced Family Fun) was working at the land. We set up stands, made trails...